It was early in my real estate career. I was happy to have a new listing in the South Park Hill neighborhood. But It was not an easy assignment. The house was a 1910 Victorian, beautiful on the outside but extremely dated on the inside. The paint, floors, windows, and doors were ancient. The kitchen …
I was in a training session, on break, standing around with my classmates. I pulled out my Day-Timer to jot down some notes. “Hey!” said someone. “I remember those.” He was referring to the Day-Timer, my pocket calendar. I use the 3-by-6 inch size, encased in a leather wallet with a pen loop. Each month …
I was mentoring an aspiring real estate investor—door-knocking in a decent west Denver neighborhood. We were prospecting for leads—home sellers, future buyers, whatever. We knocked one door and an angry young dude stepped out. “Good morning,” I said. “I’m Tom and this is Rich.” My mentee nodded. “We’re always on the hunt for potential home …
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There is a passive aggressive sort of insult going around. It happens when two people are in a disagreement of some sort. When the details get complicated, one says this to the other: “You okay?” The implication is that the other’s argument is irrational. And that they’ve lost control emotionally, which led them to logically …
Had to be hundreds of folks, maybe a thousand, who turned up at Hogan Park in Aurora this past Labor Day. Like me, they were there to see Umi. Which is a 21-foot tall statue of a woman-like figure, made of logs. At least it looks like logs. In reality I believe it’s concrete formed …
I got together with an old grade school classmate, about 10 years after we’d graduated. We were both amateur musicians, and we would meet up regularly to play some tunes. We’d attended a Catholic school. So we were reminiscing, with no great reverence, about church hymns we sang in school. We both confessed to having …
A great shift in financial circumstances is afoot, heavily affecting people of millennial age and younger. The oldest millennials are now 42. It is not a welcome shift. It is about the shrinking of wealth-building opportunities that have benefited past generations, including baby boomers like me, for decades, That’s my take on a recent book …
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Nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of being hanged. So said Mark Twain. I haven’t faced that prospect myself. I have experienced the very real possibility of getting beat up. In fact it happened a few times, in grade school. And I can tell you that after the first time, the prospect of it …
Granted, it was about the slowest day of the year, to date. So said Francisco, the young dude running the Loop-o-Plane. July 5th was the day I visited the Lakeside Amusement Park. Day after the holiday, mid-week on a Wednesday, with an evening temp around 60 degrees. Not exactly a day for big attendance at …
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